Radical Party of Britain

The Radical Party of Britain was an anarcho-liberal party in the United Kingdom that existed from the 1750s until 1859. The Radicals arose to support parliamentary reform, and the party supported freedom of the press and relief from economic distress. After the success of the Napoleonic Wars, the Radicals agitated for reform, and the Radicals would assist the Whigs in forming the new UK Liberal Party in 1859. The Radicals remained an important faction of politics until the early twentieth century, pressuring the 1872 secret ballot reform, the 1885 Corrupt and Illegal Practices Act, and the Third Reform Act. The Radicals were overshadowed by the success of the UK Labor Party in the early 1900s.